Did Jesus Declare All Foods Clean?
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- In Mark 7 Jesus said, Are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, since it enters not his heart, but his stomach, and is expelled?
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- Thus he declared all foods clean. Now what's with the parentheses? Cynics will say that modern translators have added this portion.
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- The NIV, ESV, NASB, they all say, Thus he declared all foods clean. But that's not in the
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- King James. Therefore, it's a translation addition. It isn't in the original text. Actually, yes it is.
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- All of the earliest Greek manuscripts say this. If you look in the New American Standard, you might notice the words, thus he, are italicized.
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- That's because a direct Greek to English translation would not include these words, but they are implied.
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- So to make sense in English, the words, thus he, are required in order to clarify the text.
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- Jesus' quote ends here, and then Mark, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, says that Jesus declared all foods clean.
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- Origen in the 3rd century and Chrysostom in the 4th century understood this passage the same way.
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- It is not a recent translator's invention. Just look at the context. Jesus said, Whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him.
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- Even if you ignore the parentheses, the message is still clear. Nothing that goes into a person makes them unholy.
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- Not steak or fish, not pork or shellfish, not even a Twinkie or a Lego. What makes you unclean is your sinful heart.
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- And only Christ can purify you. Ask forgiveness for your sins, and He will cleanse you from all unrighteousness when we understand the text.